"And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear"

Now let me be clear: issues of women’s equality are by no means simply an issue for Islam. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead. Meanwhile, the struggle for women’s equality continues in many aspects of American life, and in countries around the world.

You are crystal clear, Mr. President.Crystal.

This loving father sold his daughters to their husbands, and when they refused to go .....

Extended members of the woman’s family accused her of “disgraceful and outrageous acts” in a petition that was widely circulated in her village of Deir Al Ghusun, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem.

The petition demanded Ms. Zeidan’s father, Munther, “reinstate the cultural and religious morals in his family.”

It was posted in five local mosques during Friday prayer and signed by more than 50 relatives, including Abed Al-Rahman Zeidan, a Palestinian lawmaker.

“My husband was under tremendous pressure,” said Ms. Zeidan’s mother, Laila. “The family wanted to banish us from the West Bank and people started rumours that my husband wasn‎‎’t mentally stable.”

Reacting to demands to restore the family’s honour, Munther killed his daughter.

Of course, as a non-Muslim, I would sooner suffer exile and live in a cave than kill a child. But I am not a Muslim .... and therein lies the problem. It is very much an Islamic tradition enforced, not just by family, but community and mosque.

Honor killings are sanctioned under Islam. But no one is allowed to address it. My ads (above) that are designed to increase awareness of honor killings are prohibited from running in the US and Canada for fear of offending ...... honor killers? Those who sanctioned honor violence?

This devout Muslim hired a hit man to run her over with a truck and park it on her head for a while to “just make sure she’s dead.”

(US) 'Pillar of the Muslim Community' Sentenced for Trying to Have Wife Killed (thanks to Halal Pork Shop)

Hader Nasim walked out of a courtroom Friday stone-faced, his hands cuffed behind his back, a seven-years-to-life prison sentence on his head and a judge’s observation in his ears that nobody really knows who he is. Nasim, 31, was convicted last month of the attempted murder of his pregnant wife. He had hired a hit man to run her over with a truck and park it on her head for a while to “just make sure she’s dead.”

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Maryanne G. Gilliard said the recording of Nasim’s instructions obtained by an undercover police officer displayed a wretchedness “so disorienting and terrifying” that it ought to make anybody question themselves if they think they really know him.

A huge piece on honor killings in "Palestinian" occupied territories. Al Reuters spills an awful lot of ink explaining how it is not related to religion. Thou doth protest too much.

Even in death, the victim is violated again, as the motive is denied or refused. Perhaps honor killings are spiking because they are sanctioned by sharia law, sanctioned by Muslim countries and sanctioned by a silent Western media.

The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but "the new law says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two years in the case of killing.'" And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that "Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values." (Source: Jihadwatch).

It matters that honor killing has Islamic sanction. Robert Spencer explains here:

In light of all this, until authorities get the courage to tell the truth about honor killing, there will be many more such murders.

A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2).

In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. In accord with this, in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that "Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values."

And related to the practice is this:

"The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used not to kill the children, so thou shouldst not kill them unless you could know what Khadir had known about the child he killed, or you could distinguish between a child who would grow up to he a believer (and a child who would grow up to be a non-believer), so that you killed the (prospective) non-believer and left the (prospective) believer aside." -- Sahih Muslim Book 019, Number 4457

Khadir, or Khidr, figures in sura 18 of the Qur'an. He is traveling with Moses, and: "Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he [Khadir] slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!" Khadir replies: "As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man). So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection...." (18:74, 18:80-81).

Why does it matter that the practice of honor killing has Islamic sanction? Because if the roots of honor killing are never discussed and always ignored, the practice will never stop. Until the Islamic roots of the practice are discussed openly and human rights groups begin calling for reform, honor killings will continue in the Islamic world -- and in Muslim communities in the West.

A silvery green olive grove set in the red soil of a Palestinian village is a crime scene - testament to a practice so sensitive that it is spoken of only in whispers. One night in late November, Rasha Abu Ara, a 32-year-old mother of five, was beaten to death and strung from a gnarled tree branch as a gruesome badge of "family honor" restored.

The woman's alleged sin was adultery, and her killer was either her own brother or husband, security sources told Reuters. Both are behind bars while an investigation continues.

Her murder brought to 27 the number of women slain in similar circumstances in Palestinian-run areas this year, according to rights groups - more than twice last year's victims.

The rise has led Palestinians to question hidebound laws they say are lax on killers, as well as a reluctance to name and shame in the media and society, which may contribute to a feeling of impunity among perpetrators.

Hindu beauty Karishma Dhanak was alive when her throat was slit and her body was set alight. Her father suffered 29 stab wounds to his body. Her mother was stabbed in the stomach and had her throat
slashed, but made it out alive and lived to testify.

Muslim killer Iftekhar Murtaz yelled out while she testified about how he and another man grabbed her and slit
her throat, said prosecutor Howard Gundy. The jihad doesn't stop, not even in the courtroom.

'I still hear him screaming': Mother testifies about terrifying final moments when she saw her husband and child slaughtered 'by her daughter's ex-boyfriend who they disapproved of because he was Muslim
Daily Mail, November 7 (thanks to CGW)

A sobbing mother
recounted for California jurors Thursday the final horror-filled moments
before her husband and elder daughter were murdered in their home at
the hands of an acquaintance six years ago.

Leela Dhanak broke down on the stand as she talked about still hearing her spouse’s screams of terror in her sleep years later.

Under
cross-examination, Mrs Dhanak told the Orange County courtroom that she
was attacked when she came home in May 2007 and fell unconscious.

Alleged killer: Leela Dhanak testified how
Iftekhar Murtaza, seen in this August photo, murdered her husband and
elder daughter in a failed attempt to win over her younger daughter

The woman woke up from a
coma three weeks later to discover the family’s Anaheim Hills mansion
had been burned, and her husband, 56-year-old Jaypraykash Dhanak, and
elder daughter, Karishma Dhanak, 20, killed.

Last
month, a pathologist testified that Karishma Dhanak was alive when her
throat was slit and her body was doused with gasoline and set on fire.

Autopsy
results showed Jayprakash Dhanak suffered 29 stab wounds to his body.
He also had his skull fractured, resulting in a fatal brain injury,
according to Orange County Register.

The man was dead by the time his was set alight, according to the medical examiner's testimony. His
wife, Leela Dhanak, was stabbed in the stomach and had her throat
slashed, but she survived after police found her lying unconscious on
her neighbor’s lawn.

‘I
do hear him screaming, crying. In my sleep I do hear,’ Dhanak testified
during the trial of her younger daughter's ex-boyfriend Iftekhar Murtaza
on charges of carrying out the fatal attack.

Inferno: This is all that was left of the Dhanka
family's mansion in Anaheim Hills, California, which was burned down
after becoming the scene of a double homicide

Bloodbath: Autopsy showed Jayprakash Dhanak
(left) suffered 29 stab wounds to his body, while a pathologist
testified that Karishma Dhanak (right) was alive when her throat was
slit and her body was set alight

Why does it matter that the practice of honor killing has Islamic
sanction? Because if the roots of honor killing are never discussed and
always ignored, the practice will never stop. Until the Islamic roots of
the practice are discussed openly and human rights groups begin calling
for reform, honor killings will continue in the Islamic world -- and in
Muslim communities in the West.

A Yemeni father has burned his 15-year-old daughter to death for
keeping in touch with her fiance, police said, sparking further outrage
in Yemen.

by, The Toronto Sun

Sanaa, Yemen: A Yemeni father has burned his 15-year-old daughter to
death for keeping in touch with her fiance, police said, sparking
further outrage in Yemen, where an eight-year girl died from internal
bleeding on her wedding night a month ago.

Police said a 35-year-old man had been arrested after the teenager’s death in a remote village in the central Taiz province.
“The father committed this heinous crime on the pretext that his
daughter had been keeping contacts with her fiance,” the police website
said on Tuesday, giving no further details.

Some local news websites reported that the father had caught the girl chatting by telephone with her fiance.

Women are being slaughtered daily under systematic Islamic misogyny. Feminists say nothing. Techinically, isn't Sahin Khatoon one of their own? A womens rights activist is honor murdered, and instead, the leftist feminists are consumed by" the Republican war on women." That's evil.

PAKISTAN: A female human rights defender is brutally murdered and the police attempt to pass it off as an honour killing Human Rights Asia, (thanks to Religion of Peace.com)

The Asian Human Rights
Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young female activist,
Ms. Sahib Khatoon was allegedly brutally murdered by her husband while
returning home from her job in a NGO. She was forced to marry her cousin
and neither of them were happy with the arrangement. The marriage ended
in her murder. She was killed because she was working to raise
awareness of human rights so when her own right to marry the person of
her choice was violated she raised her voice which was unbearable for
her husband. He first confessed that he murdered his wife but after one
night at the station he changed his confession and the police, who
allegedly received a bribe, are now changing the case into a honour
killing.

CASE NARRATIVE:

Ms.
Sahib Khatoon Mirani (24) a resident of Nangar Maiyani, Ghotki District
was allegedly shot and killed by her husband Mohammad Ali on 20
September between the hours of 5 to 6 p.m. Sahib Khatoon was working
with a NGO known as the Takleeq Foundation. She was appointed as a
social mobiliser in the community Infrastructure Improvement Project
(CIIP). Prior to this she worked with World Vision and besides being an
activist she was also a health worker and completed a nursing course.
She married her cousin two years ago and this arranged marriage took
place without the will of either the husband or wife. One month after
the marriage the situation between them became serious and Sahib left
the house of her husband and returned to her mother's house where she
stayed. This happed on several occasions and every time she left her
husband would come and negotiate with her to come back.

Sahib’s father Mr. Wahid Bux Mirani
died two years ago and on 11 August this year her mother also passed
away. Due to the death of both her parents Sahib’s uncle, who was also
her father in law due to her marriage to her cousin, came to her home
and requested that she return to her husband's house. She agreed and
went home where for a few days the relationship between Sahib and her
husband appeared normal.

The long arm of sharia punishment ..... from Brooklyn to Pakistan. Consider this:

"retaliation is obligatory against anyone who
kills a human being purely intentionally and without right." However,
"not subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2)

In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty
under Islamic law. In accord with this, in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament
voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties
for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that "Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values."

And related to the practice is this:

"The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used not to kill the
children, so thou shouldst not kill them unless you could know what
Khadir had known about the child he killed, or you could distinguish
between a child who would grow up to he a believer (and a child who
would grow up to be a non-believer), so that you killed the
(prospective) non-believer and left the (prospective) believer aside."
-- Sahih Muslim Book 019, Number 4457

Khadir, or Khidr, figures in sura 18 of the Qur'an. He is traveling
with Moses, and: "Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man,
he [Khadir] slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person
who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!"
Khadir replies: "As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and
we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and
ingratitude (to Allah and man). So we desired that their Lord would give
them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in
affection...." (18:74, 18:80-81).

Robert Spencer argues, "why does it matter that the practice of honor killing has Islamic
sanction? Because if the roots of honor killing are never discussed and
always ignored, the practice will never stop. Until the Islamic roots of
the practice are discussed openly and human rights groups begin calling
for reform, honor killings will continue in the Islamic world -- and in
Muslim communities in the West."

New York man arrested for plotting 'honor killings' in Pakistan after his daughter escaped arranged marriage Daily Mail, September 25, 2013

Mohammed Ajmal Choudhry charged with conspiracy to murder in a foreign country and commit visa fraud

His daughter, a U.S. citizen, was held against her will in Pakistan for three years

She was forced into marriage for a U.S. visa scam but escaped

A New York man has been charged with conspiring to commit the 'honor killings' of a family in Pakistan, the Department of Justice announced today.

Mohammad Ajmal Choudhry, of Brooklyn, was plotting to murder the family members of a man he believed had helped his daughter escape from Pakistan to America, U.S. authorities claim.

The horror of honor killings is given the imprimatur of the West by the enemedia's complicit silence and the government's unwillingness to say a critical word about sharia no matter how savagely it is applied anywhere in the world. The media goes to extraordinary lengths to
whitewash these crimes and disconnect the Islamic motive from these murders. The "feminists" look away and pretend that it is outside the
realm of women's rights. They are shills for Islam. Shame on all of you
for failing women, children, girls worldwide.

Honour killings are considered to be tribal customs and do not come under the Pakistani criminal code

Honor violence, honor murder is not just a tribal custom, it's Islamic law.

A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not
subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.

As Robert Spencer notes: "Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.
A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that 'retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right.' However, 'not
subject to retaliation' is 'a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring.' ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law
limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but the new law
says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of
passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two
years in the case of killing.' And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament
voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties
for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that 'Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.'"

Color me skeptical, but I am sure that this mentally challenged young girl was raped -- but understand that under the sharia, rape is generally the girl's fault (unless she can provide four male witnesses who will testify for her), so she has to be honor murdered. That is the sharia. Obama say, "respect it!"

Ramallah: A mother has admitted to beating her mentally
challenged daughter before hanging her to death. The confession came
after the mother turned herself in to the Palestinian Police.

It is alleged that the daughter was mentally challenged and was murdered after her mother found out that she was pregnant.

This family honour crime occurred in the town of Yata, near Hebron,
and the daughter has become the twentieth Palestinian woman murdered on
the grounds of family honour since the beginning of the year.

Sources in Hebron said the body of the 21-year-old woman was taken to
Abu Al Hassan Al Qassem Hospital in Yata. The woman’s remains were
referred to Abu Dees Forensic Centre for autopsy.

The Palestinian Police and Public Prosecution claim that an
investigation has been launched and that its outcome will be announced
shortly.

Sources in Yata and Hebron told Gulf News that the victim’s
father and brother have disappeared since the crime was committed and
that the Palestinian Police has been searching for them though the
mother has turned herself in.

Condemned

Amal Al Juabah, the general coordinator of the Women’s Centre for the
Legal and Social Guidance in Hebron and member of the Palestinian
Women’s General Union, said that the murder was an awful crime which is
condemned in the strongest terms.

“Where is the honour in this crime? The victim was completely insane
and could not be held responsible for her body and mind,” she told Gulf News.

I may be taking this the wrong way but Amal Al Juabah seems to be
implying that there may be some legitimate honor cases. No there aren’t.
If my daughter, who is not mentally retarded, goes out and makes a
mistake do I kill her? No. I play the role of the responsible parent. I
try to make sure she learns from the experience but I offer her love and
support. This is what families do. I won’t be happy about it but I love
my children. This is how it is supposed to be.

Muslim Man Beats His Sister-in-Law to Death for Trying to Stop Him From Beating His Wife to Death via Sharia Unveiled (thanks to Armaros)

A-Division police have registered a case against Abid Hussain on the complaint of his brother. FILE PHOTO. By, Kashif Zafar / The Express Tribune Pakistan

Bahawalpur, Pakistan: A woman died
after being hit allegedly by her brother-in-law while she tried to stop
him from hitting his wife here on Thursday. The man’s wife was injured
and taken to a hospital, where she was reported to be in critical
condition. The man fled.

Police said Abid Hussain, a resident of Gulshan-e-Iqbal in
Rahim Yar Khan, had married Najma Bibi a few years ago. They did not
have any children. Police quoted some of their relatives as saying that
Hussain often quarrelled with his wife for not having children.

Najma Bibi told police that on Thursday, they had an
argument that ended in Hussain beating her up. She said when he grabbed a
wrench to hit her, her sister, Anum Bibi, who was also married to
Hussain’s brother, jumped to stop him.
She said he attacked her and hit her with the wrench on the head several times. He also hit Najma Bibi.

She wore the burka but didn't want to cover her face. So after the children left for school, her devout husband attacked her with a sharp knife, used to slaughter animals. He later cut the body into 10 pieces.

MULTAN: A cleric cut his wife into pieces on Wednesday for refusing to wear a veil and sending their children to school, police said.

They said the body was recovered from near their house. They said
they found his confession on the body and had also recovered the weapon
he had used.

The body has been handed over to the family following a post-mortem examination.

A case has been registered against the confession-killer, who the police said had been missing.

Ahmad Aziz, father of the deceased Farzana Bibi, 36, said that she
married Muhammad Sharif, 42, a resident of Bakkhal Bhir in Mumtazabad
Colony.

They had three children.

Aziz said that Sharif led prayers at the neighbourhood mosque and
also gave Quran lessons at their home. He said Sharif was short-tempered
and would often beat up Farzana Bibi. He had been telling her to cover
her face when she left the house.

Aziz said Farzana Bibi wore an abaya (gown), but did not want to cover her face.

Despite the savagery and abject inhumanity, the family's honor was preserved from the facebook scarlet letter. That's what's important, right? Obama say, "respect it!"
Oh, and by the way, I do not believe this girl fell to her death after her father set her on fire. I believe he threw her off the roof.

"Convinced by her mother and brother, she decided to return home for a short visit during Ramadan but not before expressing concern for her safety to her friends and counselor at the hostel.
"

"A Father lit his Daughter on Fire for her Facebook relationships" By Ariel Ben-Moshe, Jerusalem Online, August 13, 2013 (thanks to Jim)

The Jerusalem court indicted a man for lighting his daughter on fire, causing her death because of the relationships she had with men via Facebook. The father invited his daughter over for a barbeque where he proceeded to pour a flammable substance on her, and causing her to fall from the roof of their home to her death.

Today (Tuesday) the Jerusalem District Attorney filed a serious charge against Sliwan, 53, a resident of the city for the brutal murder of his 17-year-old daughter. The indictment describes the complicated relationship between the father and daughter, which inevitably collapsed after the father discovered his daughter was engaging in romantic relationships with men she met through Facebook. He claimed her actions were dishonoring the family, and pushed Silwan to murder his daughter.
In the days leading up to her death, the young girl was living in a woman’s hotel in Akko. In a phone call with her father, she told him she had several financial debts, to which he replied by telling his daughter to come home. Convinced by her mother and brother, she decided to return home for a short visit during Ramadan, but not before expressing concern for her safety to her friends and counselor at the hostel.

You remember this case. "Islamophobes" were blamed for the murder of this Muslima in California. The family (that murdered her) lied and blamed "anti-Muslim hate." Shaima Alawadi was not the victim of an "Islamophobic hate crime."

It was obvious from the very first that the oh-so-willing media was lapping up a suspect story. The daughter's comical behavior was very strange; she did not seem at all upset
by the death of her mom. It only got worse from there. There were more holes in the family's story than a pound of swiss cheese. But still the left persisted.

The below was tweeted by pro-Khomeinist and nuclear Iran proponent,
Reza Aslan. Mind you, this genocidal aspirant is teaching our children
and getting paid to spread these poisonous lies at our colleges.

Despite all this and the fact that Shaima's death was an honor
killing, the left is in full spin mode. The fact that Shaima was
murdered under the sharia is of no import. What matters is an
opportunity to spin a mythical narrative. The murder of Shaima Alawadi was not a hate crime but an "honor" crime, like this one in New Jersey:
where these vicious murderers use "hate crime" to cover up for their heinous crime.

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File). FILE - In this March 27, 2012 file
photo, Kassim Alhimidi, left, looks on alongside his son, Mohammed
Alhimidi, during a memorial for his wife, Shaima Alawadi at a mosque in
Lakeside, Calif.

By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered
an Iraqi immigrant to stand trial in California in the killing of his
wife, whose fatal beating prompted international condemnation because it
had appeared to be a hate crime.

San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lantz Lewis
announced his decision after Kassim Alhimidi's lawyer urged the court to
let his client go, saying there is no forensic evidence linking him to
the death of his wife, 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi.

Sharipa Fazli, shaking her head, says her sister suffered so many stab wounds that from her waist up, “there was no body.”

Yasin Wafa, 17 months, is the son of the dead woman and her husband, who is charged in her fatal stabbing. Every night, little Yasin Wafa scurries over to his grandparents’ front
door, hoping his mom will be picking him up as she used to.

Honor violence, honor murder is not just an Islamic tradition, it's Islamic law.

A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not
subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.

As Robert Spencer notes: "Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.
A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that 'retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right.' However, 'not
subject to retaliation' is 'a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring.' ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law
limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but the new law
says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of
passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two
years in the case of killing.' And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament
voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties
for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that 'Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.'"

Toddler cries for slain mother stabbed to death in Ajax home The Star, July 26, 2013 (thanks to Devorah)Nasira Fazli, whose body was found riddled with stab wounds, left behind a toddler. Her husband faces second-degree murder charges.

Honor violence, honor murder is not just an Islamic tradition, it's Islamic law.

A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not
subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.

As Robert Spencer notes: "Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.
A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that 'retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right.' However, 'not
subject to retaliation' is 'a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring.' ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law
limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but the new law
says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of
passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two
years in the case of killing.' And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament
voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties
for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that 'Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.'"

Investigative Judge Alaa
al-Khatib released a man, Karam al-Bazi, accused of beating his wife
Roula Yaacoub to death in a case that has raised an outcry in the
country, As-Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The decision stirred anger in the victim’s hometown of Halba in northern Lebanon.

Yaacoub’s family denounced the decision while her mother, Leila,
described the event as “a great shame which proves the amount of
cronyism in the judiciary.”

“I will not give up on the case under any circumstance, and I will
not be silenced until I claim my daughter’s rights,” the mother added.

Roula Yaacoub was allegedly beaten to death by her husband in
northern Lebanon, triggering an outpour of criticism from the media and
civil society.

Weeks later, a draft law protecting women from domestic violence was
approved by a Lebanese parliamentary panel after years of campaigning by
rights groups, who welcomed the move as a step forward.

It's surreal to chronicle the overwhelming religious carnage (I am almost unable to keep up with the sheer volume of these atrocities) day after day, month after month, year after year, while simultaneously being smeared, libeled and attacked for doing just that -- for reporting and opining on these horrors.

A is A. But that, too, is controversial. The craziness continues to stun me, to this very day. Oh, the humanity (or lack of it, I should say).

As Robert Spencer explains, "Islamic law forbids Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, although Muslim men may marry non-Muslim women."

"Three Christian Boys Tortured and Murdered by Pakistani Police for “Allegedly” Being in Love With Muslim Girls" Sharia unveiled, July 7, 2013 (thanks to TROP)

The young 16-year-old left the house without telling her father. As she reached home, the devout father "started thrashing her, hitting her head and body with a cricket bat and an iron rod."

A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not
subject to retaliation" is "a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring." ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law.

As Robert Spencer notes: "Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide.
A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni
orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni
Islam, says that 'retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a
human being purely intentionally and without right.' However, 'not
subject to retaliation' is 'a father or mother (or their fathers or
mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring's offspring.' ('Umdat al-Salik o1.1-2). In other words, someone who kills his child incurs no legal penalty under Islamic law. The Palestinian Authority gives pardons or suspended sentences for honor murders. Iraqi women have asked for tougher sentences for Islamic honor murderers, who get off lightly now. Syria in 2009 scrapped a law
limiting the length of sentences for honor killings, but the new law
says a man can still benefit from extenuating circumstances in crimes of
passion or honour 'provided he serves a prison term of no less than two
years in the case of killing.' And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament
voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties
for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that 'Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.'"

investigation into the murder of a young girl at the Air Force Complex, E-9, took a stunning turn when the victim’s younger brother alleged that their father was the killer. According to him, his father threw the dead body from the apartment and later lodged an FIR with the Margalla Police Station against the unidentified assailants.